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Brendan O'Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and lifestyle stories, as well as keeping you up to date on the news stories that matter. Listen live Saturday and Sunday at 11am - 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

4 DAYS AGO

"My PTSD over my uncle's murder got triggered live on stage"

Actor Ruairi Conaghan's uncle Rory Conaghan was killed by the IRA in 1974. He explains how, years later, the trauma came to the surface for him while playing roles including prominent IRA members as well as Shakespearean characters.

26 min
4 DAYS AGO

Pop Culture Presidents

Hollywood has long been obsessed with the inner workings of the White House and who is seated in the Oval Office. As the election race itself has become stranger than fiction, writer Edel Coffey picks apart the irresistible myth of the American president on screen.

13 min
4 DAYS AGO

The Newspaper Panel

Joining Dearbhail to discuss the stories of the week were Dr Kieran Hickey, Climatologist with the Dept of Geography at UCC, Louise Burne, Political Correspondent with The Irish Mirror, Prof Alan Barrett, Director of the ESRI, and columnist Brenda Power.

52 min
4 DAYS AGO

The Watchlist

Writer and podcaster Esther O’Moore Donohoe, and Film Correspondent for the Irish Times Donald Clarke deliver their verdict on the TV shows and movies of the week ahead.

11 min
5 DAYS AGO

"America needs a woman President but the red states expect a Trump win" - Richard Ford

Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Ford looks ahead to the US election on Tuesday.

15 min
5 DAYS AGO

"Close the Door To Keep The Heat In!"

Kieran McCarthy, Engineer on RTE's Cheap Irish Homes, explains how to find airleaks and efficiently run your heating system to try to keep bills down.

10 min
5 DAYS AGO

"I'm an old bird with an iPhone who's on a mission" - Carol Vorderman

TV Presenter Carol Vorderman talks about growing up in poverty, her years on Channel 4's Countdown and why in the last two years she has got involved in trying to change British politics. Her new book is Now What?: On a Mission to Fix Broken Britain

26 min
5 DAYS AGO

"She threw tea at him and he committed her to an asylum for life"- Niall Breslin

Musician Niall Breslin AKA Bressie on his new podcast series The Madman's Hotel, charting the story of Julia Leonard who was committed to an asylum over 100 years ago after accusing her husband of adultery. The podcast also charts the dark history of Ireland's 'lunatic asylums'.

25 min

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Brendan O'Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and lifestyle stories, as well as keeping you up to date on the news stories that matter. Listen live Saturday and Sunday at 11am - 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.